Inken von Borzyskowski is Professor of international relations at Oxford University, a member of the Department of Politics and International Relations, and a fellow at St Catherine’s College. Her research focuses on the domestic politics of international relations with an emphasis on international organizations and their effect on domestic conflict and elections. Specifically, her research falls into three areas: international democracy assistance; the causes and consequences of election violence; and international organizations’ membership politics. In her first book, she develops and tests a theory of how international organizations can influence election violence by changing election credibility. In her second book, she examines state exit from international organizations (withdrawals and suspensions). Her research is published or forthcoming in British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Organizations, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Cambridge University Press and Cornell University Press. Her work has been supported by the British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship, the Philip Leverhulme Prize, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the World Bank, and the Swedish government’s Folke Bernadotte Academy. She has recently been awarded the 2026 Chadwick Alger prize for best book in international organizations from the International Studies Association. Previously, her research has received awards and prizes from the American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, and European Consortium for Political Research. She serves on the International Studies Quarterly Editorial Board, and as Co-Editor in Chief of Global Governance. von Borzyskowski received her Ph.D. in International Relations, Methodology, and Comparative Politics at UW-Madison.